Friday, 19 February 2010

Common sense?

According to the amendments, owners of bars and restaurants with an area of up to 100 sq m would be able to determine for themselves whether their premises should be non-smoking areas or not.

Owners of facilities with an area of more than 100 sq m will have to provide sections for non-smokers that have no direct link to the smokers' areas, according to the amendments.

And oh what a telling criticism:

News of the amendments, however, was criticised by one of the right-wing parties in Parliament, the Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria. The party's leader Ivan Kostov said that the amendments were "not a European thing to do".

No, indeed. How dare anyone challenge the demands of Eurocrats for a homogenous, sterile, bland continent.

The whole of Europe have bans which offer some form of choice ... except the UK & Ireland who view their electorate as an irritation.

The ban may only be a small issue, but it is a huge indicator of the utter contempt and spite MPs direct at the public.

They've already paid useful chums just under £1m on a 'review' later this year. I believe it will say that no-one at all has died since 2007 and the doubling in the numbers of pubs is down to each one earning £14m per year more than they were before.